Thundercat 60 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I've noticed on a few of the threads recently that some people have had things stolen from resorts or accommodation. Thought I'd start a thread to find out when, where and what has been stolen. I'll go first: when: 2 seasons ago where: Hakuba Goryu (from behind Escal Plaza!!) what: K2 board with brand spanking new Burton Mission bindings . Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 when: 05/06, 07, 08, 09 where: niseko, niseko, furano, nozawa onsen what: nothing, EVER! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted February 4, 2009 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted February 4, 2009 Never. In fact, I dropped my wallet a few years ago - and someone had handed it in, cash & cards intact. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 This is the kind of stuff I like to here. Having lived in Japan for a number of years I really admire the day to day honesty when it comes to personal property. That stolen board is the one and only time I've ever had a problem. BTW SJF, I've had the same experience with my wallet! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 a few weeks ago when I was at Kagura I lost my shink ticket on the mountain (stupid I know, it should've been in the locker), I only noticed when I was in the rest area getting changed, much swearing later this other Gaij guy from England asks what's wrong, I tell him, he then goes on to say that his board got stolen from outside the restaurant at lunch time!! I couldn't believe it, very unlike Japan. he went to talk with staff about it, they were sympathetic but couldn't do anything. His wife/girlfriend then went and asked the staff if anyone handed in my shink ticket and someone had, so lucky me got it back. Not so good for him though Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Lost my wallet a few years ago at Hachikita. Someone found it and turned it in but the cash was gone. 50 000 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My Boots got stolen from the restaurant. I was very Pissed off as they were an really expensive pair that I had bought for my trip to Japan and I had only bought 1 pair of shoes with me. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 You boots weren't on your feet? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Well, just to say I have never had anything stolen in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Same here. I used to hear that the 'only' things that got stolen in Japan was umbrellas and bikes. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I know quite a few Japanese that have been burgled or had people enter their home. It is not as safe as it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
XilR8 0 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 All the people who stole other people's snowboards must have been gaijin I know that would be the case with mine because no Japanese feet would fit in! Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Funny stuff XilR8! However... Last year, again at Goryu, after lunch my mate noticed that his board was missing. He went into panic mode and started running around searching and amazingly found a Japanese dude walking off with his stuff. The potential thief just pretended that he had grabbed the wrong board and there wasn't much my mate could do. Luckily for the Japanese guy it wasn't me who caught up with him (especially after what had happened the previous year)! I'd like to believe that all Japanese are honest but that's just not the case. Lock up your gear!! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 wow!! only boards? How about skis? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 what if you wear a pink furry one? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I think in some bars the whole jacket thing is often genuine mistakes. By the end of the night many people are less than at full capacity mentally and they get to the coat racks and there's like 20 or 30 jackets that are probably all starting to look much the same. A couple of years ago I know I left a bar, grabbed my jacket and only the next morning realised that it actually wasn't mine! I did go back to the bar to see if whoever had mine had returned it or if someone else reported missing theirs but the no one had. The new jacket was pretty good and fit fine so I stuck with that for the rest of the season and the next. Link to post Share on other sites
Myoko Guy 0 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I once met a mate in Naoetsu after a day boarding in Myoko. I left my board on top of the lockers in the station at Naoetsu. It was still there three hours later when I came back. There's stuff happens crimewise in Japan, but never really to me, and not like in other countries I lived in. Link to post Share on other sites
blu 3 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hopefully insurance covers some of the loss. I lockup everywhere, sometimes even on the train when needed (but more Europe than Japan). One week to go for me then off to Myoko & Shiga - is it snowing this week. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I would think that the Japanese people would not steal anything, because of their culture and respect for each other, but we also need to remember that Japan is visited by the rest of the world, where moral standards arent necessarily so reliable!! Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 If that were true, I suppose it must make most Japanese people total numbskulls for not locking their houses, windows, cars and generally not being as aware of all those thieves out there as people are back home. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 No doubt J-thieves are on the rise. Call it opportunism. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 They're even on the rise in Shikoku. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 yeah since you arrived? Link to post Share on other sites
3da5rider 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 A friend of mine had his ski pants stolen in an unlocked locker last year and some ski-jo in Gunma. I remember reading on another message board from a ski resort in California a few years back some 300 snowboards were stolen on one weekend alone. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 300, wow. I suppose we'll have more people locking them up. Link to post Share on other sites
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